U2 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 



£0139 to 40201— Continued. 



known T. caucasica found in the Caucasus." (TV. J. Bean, Trees and 

 Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 2, p. 590.) 

 40198 to 40201. Viburnum spp. Caprifoliaceae. 



40198. Viburnum lobophyllum Graeb. 



"A deciduous shrub, with young shoots smooth or soon becoming 

 so. dark reddish brown when mature. Leaves ovate to roundish 

 or broadly obovate, abruptly narrowed at the apex to a short 

 point ; mostly rounded, sometimes broadly wedge shaped at the 

 base; coarsely toothed except toward the base; 1* to 4 inches long, 

 seven-eighths to 3j inches wide ; smooth or downy only on the mid- 

 rib and veins; veins in five to seven pairs; leafstalk one-fourth to 1 

 inch long. Corymbs 2 to 4 inches wide, with seven main branches, 

 which, like the secondary ones, are minutely downy and glandular. 

 Flowers white, one-fourth inch across, stamens longer than the corolla, 

 anthers yellow. Fruit bright red, roundish, one-third Inch long. 

 Native of western China ; introduced by Wilson in 1901. and again 

 in 1907 and 1910. It belongs to the confusing group of red-fruited 

 Asiatic Viburnums containing wrightii, betulifolium, dilatatum, etc." 

 (17. J. Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 2, 

 p. 652.) 



40199. Viburnum henryi Hemsl. 



"An erect, evergreen shrub, becoming 10 feet high, having a treelike 

 habit; branchlets stiff, smooth. Leaves narrowly oval, oblong, or 

 obovate; 2 to 5 inches long, 1 to 1J inches wide; shortly pointed, 

 wedge shaped or rounded at the base, shallowly toothed, dark 

 shining green above, paler beneath, smooth on both sides or slightly 

 furnished with stellate down on the stalk and midrib; stalk slightly 

 winged, one-half to three-fourths inch long. Panicles stiff, pyram- 

 idal, 2 to 4 inches wide at the base, and about as long; flowers per- 

 fect and uniform, white, one-fourth inch across, opening about mid- 

 summer. Fruits oval, one-third inch long, at first red, then black. 

 Native of the Patung district of central China, discovered there by 

 Henry in 1SS7; introduced by Wilson for Messrs. Veitch in 1901. It 

 is distinct among hardy Viburnums through its long, narrowish, 

 nearly or quite smooth leaves, its stiff, thin, erect habit, and espe- 

 cially its pyramidal panicles. At Coombe Wood it has proved quite 

 hardy since its introduction. It was given a first-class certificate by 

 the Royal Horticultural Society in September, 1910, for its beauty in 

 fruit." (IV. •/. Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, 

 vol. 2, p. 6 ',!>.) 



40200. Viburnum phlebotbichum Sieb. and Zucc. 



Viburnum phlebotrichum is very distinct from V. wrightii in the 

 smaller, narrower, ovate to oblong, shorter stalked leaves, the more 

 numerous, silky, whitish hairs on the veins beneath, the quite smooth 

 and slender-stalked cymes, the purple calyx, and especially the very 

 short stamens. Native of .lapan. (Adapted from W. J. Bean, Trees 

 and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. ?, p. 600.) 



40201. Viburnum rhytidophyi.lum Hemsl. 



"An evergreen shrub, perhaps eventually 10 feet high and as much 

 through; the stout branches thickly covered with starry down. 

 Leaves ovate-oblong; 3 to 7j inches long, 1 to 2} inches wide; pointed 



